I Hate Incompetence

[Deleted member 541]

I have been away from the forum, due to stress, from an upcoming medical test that I need to have done every 6 months. A brain MRI. I have a condition called Central Diabetes Insipidus, that can happen due to possible tumor. This is a rare disorder, and being diagnosed at my age WITHOUT a tumor is even rarer. Thus the brain MRI every 6 months....

Well, this morning I was scheduled to have it. I am so FVCKING angry right now, I am actually on the verge of wanting to do serious damage to someone or something......

I was at the hospital at 7:15 as asked, and the tech came out to ask if I had, had my blood work drawn. Well, apparently there was a **** up, I was NEVER told that I needed any. Due to having to have a Contrast IV, apparently you have to have blood work within 30 days.......Well, NO MRI without it, so it would need to be rescheduled.

FVCK IT!!!!! I am so frigging angry, I walked out. I don't give a rats ass if I have a ****ing tumor or not, I don't ****ing care right now. **** it, **** life, **** everything. I am so done with this bullshit!!!!!!!

When I calm down, I will be back, but not before........

 

[anni]

I hope you're back sooner rather than later. The whole medical system is so lacking in any semblnce of humanity, it seems especially when dealing with patients with serious problems -how can you not be right up the wall?

It's probably even more infuritaitng to hear little cheery platitudes so won't attempt any. I just hope you're back soon.

If it's stupid to say, don't eat me, but take care?

Anni

 

[Grama-Herc]

I am speechless. How can these things hppen? I would be livid, as I'm sure you are. Just be sure to take care of you, OK!

 

[onebravegirl]

When I am pissed I think of kicking puppies and dead kittens.
That usually brings my anger down a bit, cuz then I feel sad...
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[SunnyBrookFarm]

Boy, do I understand your frustration. (It seems like I'm constantly dealing with something medical and NOTHING ever goes smoothly). I have found that now, I actually expect there to be issues and delays - that way I'm not so irritated when they actually happen.

However, the test you had today was very important and to find out that you had to have bloodwork done THAT FAR IN ADVANCE was a major oversight on someone's part. I'm so sorry.

I often wonder, why I feel constantly like my job could be at risk when I see imcompentant people with jobs functioning all around me - maybe I'm as hard on others that I come in contact with - as I am on myself? I truly don't know.

I hope you get all of this worked out and can return for your tests quickly. I also miss your advice - so hurry back.

 

[maria]

Whew! I'm sure glad I'm not in any way responsible. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that. I can relate although my situation was minor compared to yours. I had to have some teeth pulled. I show up with someone to go home with me because they said I'd be too groggy to make it alone. Nobody told me nothin' about eating or drinking, but I figured I shouldn't eat. Turns out I shouldn't have drunk anything either. Had to go back the reschedule.

But there's a reason why screw ups bother me so much. I just had my shrink cancel for this week, and I'm feeling pretty abandoned. I really want to know how he managed to scheduled something during my regular appointment time. And, yes, I'd like to yell at him some. He offered me another time which, because of the train schedules, would take me 7 or 8 hours door to door. Jerk.

maria

 

[Deleted member 541]

I calmed down enough to call my Dr's office, and asked to speak with her medical assistant. The one that books the test. Well, it seems as though she DOESN'T work for them anymore......I didn't ask why, and prefer to think that she got fired. Helps to ease my anger somewhat...This is the 3rd Medical assistant that my Dr has been through in the past year. I am grateful that my Dr is competant, and doesn't take crap, even from me.....She has put me in my place a time or two, telling me that I don't always get to run the show, and especially in her office. I highly respect her, and I back down when needed......

They put me through to someone else, that ordered the blood test, and I have had them done already. Then I went and had steroid injections (AGAIN) in both of my knees. Man, I feel great today, with all of the crap I have dealt with....(sarcasm!!!!!!!)

I have rescheduled the MRI for Wednesday @7am. So I have to be at the hospital @ 6:45 to get my IV started... Just what I wanted to do on my day off. Get up at the crack of dawn to do this........

 

[onebravegirl]

This too shall pass..this too shall pass...this too shall pass...
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[cherryblossom]

I'm glad to hear you got a re-schedule date quickly and don't have to wait weeks. Yep, it means you'll have a crappy day off, but it has to be done.

I did think of you today, main reason being, I had the date of the 11th in my head, because I had an important meeting scheduled. When you wrote about your MRI being scheduled for the same day, it just stuck in my head. This will be no consolation to you, but - I too had a shitty day of incompetence, because my meeting got re-scheduled from 11 am to 'sometime' in the afternoon, then got cancelled alltogether - with no explanation, or apology - to be re-scheduled, god knows when. So, at some point today, we were both screaming and shouting at sheer bloody incompetence. :crazy:

I'll be thinking of you on Wednesday!
Take care,
CB

 

[Deleted member 541]

What pisses me off the most.....Is that whe they do make a mistake, it's pass the buck, lay it on someone else, no one takes responsibility for anything or even says that they are sorry...

Yes, I make mistakes, I even made one editing today. I took responsibility, said I would try not to let it happen again. I'm sorry. I just don't get whats so hard about owning up to something, and taking responsibility......

We all make mistakes. I feel bad, angry and upset, but in the long run, I KNOW that the screw up is mino compared to some of the medical mistakes being made today, and the horrific consquences that people have to face because of them....I am fortunate in that respect, but still slightly pissed off. Trying to deal with it.....

 

[anthony]

Human nature that people don't like to own what is theirs to own... minority do, majority don't. Go figure...

 

[cherryblossom]

Jeez - I can relate to that She. Why don't people just admit that they are only human and can make mistakes? Passing the buck, instead of a simple apology infuriates me!!!!